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Murder trial of former Dallas officer pauses until Monday
Former police officer Amber Guyger in a Dallas courtroom.
There were at least a dozen signs that told Amber Guyger she was entering the wrong apartment. And at the time, she was engaging in exchanging heated text messages with her patrol partner with whom she was having an affair. Guyger's defense team had her sign a document stating she was testifying against the legal advise of the defense lawyers. If Guyger thought her testimony would elicit sympathy with the 12 person jury, I think she was mistaken. I think she is in deep, deep trouble. The evidence is overwhelmingly against her defense of physical fatigue etc.
But then again all it takes is one juror to stymie a unanimous verdict (as it must be in a capital murder case). It is very possible that the jury votes guilty verdict of manslaughter.
Former police officer Amber Guyger in a Dallas courtroom.
9/28/19
DALLAS (AP) — The jury deciding the fate of a former Dallas police officer who shot and killed her unarmed black neighbor heard around five minutes of testimony on day six of the trial before being sent home. Amber Guyger, 31, who is white, is on trial for murder after she fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean, an accountant who was alone in his apartment when she came through his front door thinking it was her own. On Friday, Guyger testified that she mistook Jean’s fourth-floor apartment for her own, which is one floor below. She said she parked on the wrong level of the apartment complex, and walked into the unlocked door thinking it was her own. She says she killed Jean in self-defense, mistakenly thinking he was a burglar in her apartment who would harm her. “I hate that I have to live with this every single day of my life and I ask God for forgiveness, and I hate myself every single day,” Guyger told the jury. The jury will consider whether Guyger is guilty of murder, a lesser crime such as manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide, or if she is not guilty. Jurors will report back to the court on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
There were at least a dozen signs that told Amber Guyger she was entering the wrong apartment. And at the time, she was engaging in exchanging heated text messages with her patrol partner with whom she was having an affair. Guyger's defense team had her sign a document stating she was testifying against the legal advise of the defense lawyers. If Guyger thought her testimony would elicit sympathy with the 12 person jury, I think she was mistaken. I think she is in deep, deep trouble. The evidence is overwhelmingly against her defense of physical fatigue etc.
But then again all it takes is one juror to stymie a unanimous verdict (as it must be in a capital murder case). It is very possible that the jury votes guilty verdict of manslaughter.